French Surrealism - A Revolution of the Mind (Edit)

French Surrealism is probably best known for its paintings-images of floppy watches or men in bowler hats and topcoats falling from the sky. But just as central to the movement was the poetry produced from the beginning by André Breton, Robert Desnos, Benjamin Péret, Louis Aragon, René Char, and a host of others. We will read samples of that poetry in translation and offer historical asides to provide context for activities that ranged from the mid-twenties to the late sixties.​
Participants:
Mary Ann Caws
Distinguished Professor of English, French, and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Anne-Marie Levine
Poet and Visual Artist
Mark Polizzotti
Author, Director of the Publications Program at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bill Zavatsky
Poet

[@theoneiricrealist]

I enjoyed the discussion. Thanks for posting.

[@DavidWDetrich]

A discussion of French Surrealism with two of its finest scholars Mary Ann Caws and Mark Polizzotti that focuses on literary works with a reading of some Surrealist poetry followed by an analysis of its historical development as a literary movement of the 20th Century.

[@christopherpiepenburg8991]

No mention of AO Spare?

[@leonpse]

No mention of social revolution and surrealism?